Emit
Emit verb - To throw or give off.
Take
Take verb - To reach for and take hold of by embracing with the fingers or arms.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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And a handful of ice pits in Robotnik Winter have nothing below them, although some emit gusts of wind to take you up.
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In Year 2, he learns that he can absorb and emit kinetic energy, meaning he can now Megaton Punch with the best of them and be able to take a crippling blow without a problem (the other fist simply stops, losing all momentum).
Source: Energy Absorption -
In Futurama episode "The Butterjunk Effect," Fry gets sprayed with pheromones from a male alien Butterfly and becomes irresistibly attractive to women who take the "performance enhancer" known as "nectar," since it causes them to emit female butterfly pheromones.
Source: Chick Magnet
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